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git fun: list files changed by most recent commit, copy to dev server (or wherever)
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git_copy_changed.sh
#!/bin/bash
# list files changed by the last commit
# and copy them to a target dir
TARGET=$1
MOST_RECENT=$(git log -n 1 --pretty=format:'%h')
PREV=$(git log --skip=1 -n 1 --pretty=format:'%h')
echo "Coping to $TARGET"
for i in $(git diff --name-only $MOST_RECENT $PREV)
do
# First create the target directory, if it doesn't exist.
mkdir -p "$TARGET/$(dirname $i)"
# Then copy over the file.
cp "$i" "$TARGET/$i"
done
echo "Done";
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